Tehran, May 29, IRNA – The rising tensions in the Middle East haveincreased worries and efforts of the players in the region on furtherweaponizing, and Donald Trump as a dealer and merchant, using this trick,sends a flood of American weapons to this geographic area.
About three years ago, when Trump moved to the White House, tensions anddisputes in the international arena, especially in the Middle East, haveincreased dramatically. The transfer of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv toBeit-ul-Moqaddas, disregard of important agreements such as JCPOA and theresumption of anti-Iran sanctions, simmering tension between Tehran and theArab states, the unlimited support of the Zionist regime, the inclusion ofthe name of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps in the list of terroristgroups and deployment in the Persian Gulf are just a few of the tensions bythe United States in the region.
Increasing disagreements and fears of a military confrontation in such aspace has opened the Arab embrace of the region to American weapons. USSecretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Friday (May 24) a new agreementbetween the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) andJordan; an agreement worth $8.1 billion.
This is not the first time that Trump, during his presidency, has pushedthe countries of the region to sign a billion-dollar deal on arms sales.During his first trip to Saudi Arabia, the President of the United Statesalso signed an arms deal worth $110 billion.
The important thing was that during the trip and signing an agreement, theIslamic Republic of Iran was the target. They concluded this huge deal “toconfront Iran’s influence,” and the former US Secretary of State RexTillerson said in connection with the deal, “This arms deal is clearlyagainst the ill-wisher influence of Iran and the threats associated withIran across the borders of Saudi Arabia.
Many experts and even US officials believe that the United States will onlysell its weapons to the Middle East if there is a growing dispute in theMiddle East. For example, Democrat Chris Murphy recently stated that “Trumpcan use the growing tension with Iran to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia. ”
“Confronting Iran’s worrying behaviors” is a term recently used by the USofficials to fuel tension and justify their military presence in theregion. Under the same worrying and false sense, in recent weeks, wewitness a significant increase in American troops in the Persian Gulf.
Also, Trump provided the ground for deployment of the forces of the PersianGulf with placing the name of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps in thelist of the US terrorist organizations. Now Trump raises the “globalterrorism” and claims the support by Iranian authorities for globalterrorism. With the claim, the president of the United States announced thedeployment of 1,500 new troops to the Middle East, but the Pentagon hadpreviously unveiled a plan to deploy 5,000-10,000 new troops to the MiddleEast.
Interestingly, a few days ago, Trump had doubted the news, and on May 23,he said that in the current situation, he did not see the need to send moretroops to the Middle East with the goal of confronting Iranian militarythreats.
The president of the United States, however, has now agreed to the plan(deploying 1,500 troops); a change in approach that is not unrelated to thepressure of Trump’s close associates; those who referred to by Iranianforeign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, as “Team B”.
Despite the increasing tensions between Iran and the United States, many ofUS officials, especially Democrats and former commanders of the Army, areworried about the presence of more troops in the Persian Gulf, and theyhave opposed this move.
While White House officials from Trump to Pompeo and Interim Secretary ofDefense say there will not be a war with Iran, former Democrats and formermilitary commanders warn against the consequences of the move. They believethat the continuation and intensification of tensions may unintentionallylead to war and military confrontation.
Experts say the turmoil in the Persian Gulf with the objective of sellingdifferent weapons and ammunition to the Arab states of the region couldhave unpleasant consequences for the players in this geographical area.
Although the White House, under the deceptive slogan “increased MIDDLE EASTdefense capabilities and opportunities to counter Iran’s threats”,concludes tremendous agreements with the Arab states of the region, butwith the continuation and intensification of the crisis, conditions maycome out of control.